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Street Fighter V! Exclusive to PS4 and PC with cross-platform play using Capcom Fighters Network IDs. Below is a google doc link of Rllmuk players and their IDs for the game (and other fighting games); please add your details and let's fight, like gentlemen!
If you use the Capcom Fighters Network option on the main menu and Rival Search you can add players to your Favourites; their names and status will then appear as a list when you use the Battle Lounge's Invite option.
Rllmuk Capcom Fighters Network IDs
Notation guide for begginers
The old announcement trailers:

Technoan just uploaded a review of the Pandora 5S arcade stick:
It's a tempting prospect. Has anyone had experience with these? It's not an Raspberry Pi-based stick, looks pretty solid. And it can be used as a standard USB arcade stick.

Another port discovered over at http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/03/scramble-wicked-retro-shoot-em-up-gets.html#more
An almost arcade perfect port to the CPC which puts a lot of the versions and clones I used to play on the C64 to shame.

This is fascinating.
https://retrobitch.wordpress.com/2019/02/12/pac-man-the-untold-story-of-how-we-really-played-the-game/
What causes this distinctive wear on the left hand side of old Pac-Man cabinets? Check the full artice out for answers and photos of old arcades.

With a lot of chat going in the Retroarch thread i thought it was maybe time that this got it's own thread.
Basically CoinOPS FW is a front end all in one emulator for just about any system emulated and is currently Windows only.
You can see some of the stuff at the youtube channel here:-
https://www.youtube.com/user/BS1ukNinja/videos
I openly admit i am personally yet to get the thing working on my own PC but people on the forum speak very highly of it, and i can't wait to experience it myself.

For anyone interested in seeing the lineup there's a full list here https://snk40th.com/
Picked this up on a whim as I love these sorts of collections, there's always a chance of finding an undiscovered gem.
And....well it's interesting so far. I've played a few of the arcade games in this collection and their NES counterparts. The main draw for me was Ikari Warriors since I'd heard they'd solved the issue with the lack of a rotary stick (they've essentially made it a twin stick setup with shooting and grenades being on the triggers.) Great fun, if a little too difficult. The NES version also included....the less said about that the better. If you really want to play 8 bit Ikari I'd seek out the Amstrad and C64 version. (PAL version for the C64, the NTSC version is awful.)
Athena is pretty awful in both its Arcade and NES versions. Psycho Soldier is of historic interest if only for the sampled song at the beginning but is too hard and too floaty to keep playing for more than ten minutes.
Anyone else pick this up? (If you have be sure to update it and pick up the free DLC for even more games.)

News from the always excellent http://www.indieretronews.com/2018/10/popeye-arcade-2018-gabriele-amores.html#more
But now with the end of the year fast approaching there's another game that's been announced, but this time it's the turn of the ZX Spectrum with Gabriele Amore's arcade conversion of ' Popeye Arcade 2018 '; a new game which is hoping to win a prize during the ZX-DEV MIA Remakes competition.
It's in with a chance, cast your eyes on this lovely port! I'm a big fan of the game having played it on the C64, 2600 and Amiga. Can't wait to try this.

Check out this
https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/01/20/centuri-aztarac-finding-the-holy-arcade-grail/
and then https://arcadeblogger.com/2017/12/08/tim-strykers-aztarac-the-final-chapter/
And here's the machine restored

PREPARE TO JIZZ YOUR PANTS....
A new AC version "GO by train !!" will be announced. The scenery of the car window that is shown on the large screen of 3 screens, you can taste driver 's mood. Interlocking smartphone application also delivered this winter!!!
ps....make sure you HD for ultimate experiences!

So, after a long period of just thinking about building one, I finally got the ball rolling and bought a 40" (101.6 cm) LED for the playing field. It's a cheap one, and the viewing angle on it isn't the greatest (right now it's laying slanted on a small coffee table at about a 14 degree angle, and if I just sit in front of it I do notice the far side of the screen fades a bit).
I've drawn a crude sketch of the main cabinet, after measuring and double checking and triple checking I think it'll end up 23.75" (60 cm) wide and 41.7" (106 cm) long. The back box will stick out another 2" (5 cm) on both sides and the back. Not sure how tall the back box will be, as I've not decided yet on what monitor(s) to use.
I also don't know yet how deep to make the cabinet, I've estimated it at around 16" (40.6 cm) in the front to 26" (66 cm) in the back. But I'm not sure how high the box will stand on actual pinball legs since I haven't gotten those yet. As soon as they are delivered I'll be buying the wood to start building.
Things I already have:
- 40" LED television
- PC (Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4 Ghz, 8 GB Ram, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro)
- Arcade buttons
- iPac
- 2nd Monitor for Backglass
- 3rd monitor for I don't know yet
- USB Speakers
Things I have on order:
- Pinball machine legs (+ levelers)
- Coin door + Mech
- Plunger
Post will be updated if any progress is being made.

A fascinating article by Ed Fries (formerly of Microsoft's VP of Xbox game publishing):
https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/chasing-the-first-arcade-easter-egg/
The rest of the article is about his attempts to get it working first on MAME, then on a real arcade machine. It's quite a detective story!

More news from http://www.indieretronews.com/2016/12/frogger-arcade-for-c64-hokuto-force.html#more
This time they've found an arcade perfect (well as close as you can get) port of Frogger in the C64. It even keeps the vertical aspect ration.
Download that the link above, if you're stuck on how to add more credits it's 5 or 6 on the keyboard.

Hi everyone - I'm hoping to garner some opinions on a retro gaming idea, if you would be able to help...
I've got a business opportunity focused on gaming (arcade & consoles only at the moment) and one idea I've had to make it a bit more interesting to current and potential gamers is to provide a service a bit like Graze, Pact Coffee, Abel & Cole, etc.
The idea is that you can go online, select which consoles you own and subscribe to a service that posts you a different game every month. You can play it and then send it back or you can keep it for an extra fee. So, if you said you had an N64, you might get Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo Kazooie or Super Smash Brothers for your first 3 months. You could send a couple back and keep one, if you felt so inclined. We would never send out the same game twice and you could cancel with 30 days notice.
My questions I'd like to get some opinions on are;
- Would you like to get one or more games sent to you every month?
- If so, would a cost of £7.99 per month, including return postage, put you off?
- Have you heard of anyone else providing this service? If so, what's good and what's bad about what they do?
- What would really put you off from signing up?
- What would make you sign to the membership package immediately?
- If there were other benefits to the subscription, such as small loyalty rewards or exclusive social events, would that be of interest?
Thanks for taking the time to respond - I genuinely appreciate all the feedback, good or bad, and will respond to everyone!
Mark

The Retro Games Night is back! This time with more games, consoles, bartops, competitions and more!
Come and join us in the gig room at the Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds for more Retro Gaming Fun. We have approx 25 of the best retro games to play, bartop arcades including the Dreamcast Cabinet, there will be four tournaments to enter (Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros and Pokken Tournament)
Also we will have a couple of sellers or games, and merchandise. The big screen will be up for some Street Fighter action and the beer will be flowing all night. So head on down straight after work, have a beer and a game!
The Venue
The Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen - Gig Room.
1 A Cross Belgrave Street
Leeds
LS2 8JP
The Date
Friday 12th August 2016 - 5pm - Midnight
Admission
£2
Check out the Website
http://retrogamesnight.co.uk
Join our facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/RetroEventsLeeds and check out our other events coming up too!
Tell us you are coming on the facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/636637899817162
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RetEvents
Come along and join in the fun and get some great stuff for the collection too!!

After the success of the last SUPER Retro Games Fair we are going coming back!
This is the biggest video game sales event in West Yorkshire with over 100 tables and 50 sellers with 1000's of retro games, consoles, computers, artwork, imports, accessories, toys, modified consoles and much much more all for sale
No need to get up early for the car boot or wait for the postman from ebay! Here you can see the condition in person before you buy!
Whether you are a big collector or just getting into old gaming there will be plenty of common titles and rarities on offer on all formats from all ages.
Pay on the door and you can come and go as many times as you want in the day too.
THE DATE
Saturday 16th July 2016
OPENING TIMES
11am-6pm
THE VENUE
Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD
ADMISSION
£2 per adult, Under 16s Free (when accompanied by a paying adult)
Find out more information on the links below:
RETRO EVENTS WEBSITE
SUPER RETRO GAMES FAIR WEBSITE
RETRO EVENTS FACEBOOK GROUP
Let us know you are coming on the official Facebook EVENT PAGE
Follow us on TWITTER
Check out the PHOTOS from the last event

We talk to Walter Day, the founder of Twin Galaxies, inventor of E-Sports and a Renaissance man who held the centre of the video game universe in the palm of his hand.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/retroasylum/Episode_143_-_Walter_Day.mp3

Can't seem to find a thread on this, after an IndieGoGo campaign the MEGAbytes Arcade/RetroGaming cafe in Glasgow opened last Saturday. I didn't make it along but it was really busy, queued out the door, great for a launch day. Went along last night for a nosy and really enjoyed it, they have the following arcade machines: Judge Dredd PinballOperation Wolf 3House of the DeadStar Wars Pod RacerA Multi Cab Game, played Donkey Kong on ItStreet Fighter 2And a currently broken Naomi cabinet After playing most of the machines, a friend and I went on to the console selection, played on the Mega Drive for an hour. Games are £1 for an hour or rental with a food(drink?) purchase. They seemed to have a Snes, Master System, N64, Dreamcast, Xbox 1 and a few others that I didn't get a chance to look at. Worth a visit, good to see these sort of things out side of London https://www.facebook.com/MEGAbytesglasgow/ This week they are doing a competition on Mario Kart (Snes) Mario Circuit 1, time to beat is 1:02:98 - I need more practice.

https://archive.org/details/internetarcade The Internet Archive have launched The Internet Arcade, a collection of 900 arcade games from the 70s, 80s and 90s, most of which appear to be playable in your browser. Not had a chance to have a go yet - let us know how this is.